History & Civics
The Writ of Habeas Corpus:
- Provides remedy to one who is unlawfully held in prison or in police custody
- Compels an inferior Court or an individual to perform his/her duty
- Prevents an inferior Court from exercising powers with which it is not legally vested.
- Requires a Lower Court to hand over the record of a particular case to the higher court.
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Provides remedy to one who is unlawfully held in prison or in police custody.
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Who among the following need not be consulted by the President while appointing a Judge of the Supreme Court other than the Chief Justice of India.
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- The Supreme Court may report its opinion after such hearings as it thinks fit.
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- To compel an inferior court or an individual to perform their duty.
- To provide relief to some person who is unlawfully held in prison.
- To ask a person under what authority he/she holds some public office.
- To direct the Inferior Court to keep within the limits of its Jurisdiction.